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cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to have a fight over the debt ceiling so having -- that's pretty clever -- they didn't raise the debt ceiling, they suspended it for a couple of months. i think they're signaling they want to have a fight over spending and they don't see the debt ceiling as a good lever. gwen: boy, it feels like we're going to be talking about this more. you made it very clear. i like that. it has become an article of faith in washington that common ground is the capital's most valuable and elusive real estate so it was remarkable to watch four democrats and four republicans announce that
cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to...
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to obama's defense. it is devastating to our military. we have the problems that are out there. we will have to face it. he articulated the problems we have that are not being addressed because of what happened to our military. >> should we may be addressing this and whether or not we are doing things and a more intelligent fashion? are there ways we can move our resources more efficiently if the reality is you are not going to get increases? how do we more efficiently use these resources to achieve some of the goals he has spoken about/ you have spoken about/ >> you not learn anything from these hearings. everyone is prepared. i go over there. i talked to the commanders in the field. i talked to the service chiefs. they will confide in me. anytime you're talking about the military, and the commander in chief is president obama. they salute them. with the problems that are over there, and they would tell me, we're going to do everything they can. they claim to me that all the low hanging fruit is gone. t
to obama's defense. it is devastating to our military. we have the problems that are out there. we will have to face it. he articulated the problems we have that are not being addressed because of what happened to our military. >> should we may be addressing this and whether or not we are doing things and a more intelligent fashion? are there ways we can move our resources more efficiently if the reality is you are not going to get increases? how do we more efficiently use these resources...
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there were too much on defense. but that is what past. i think there is a strong feeling in congress that we have very corrosive of the integrity of congress to wall and now is a less than two years later, the -- to waltz in less than two years later and say, we're going forget up and when the going gets tough. we should look at this government, see how much more the defense department command all over time in reducing spending, and look for ways to find other savings in our government and stay on track. we just had a $600 billion increase in taxes in january. i don't suppose any of that was used to fix this problem? secretary hagel, accused him of 2014 -- youal for stand behind the proposal for 2014? openingas i said my statement, senator, that budget is a budget that sustains all of our national security interests and protect those interests, it keeps its strong, viable funding source, and continues to make the kind of adjustments and reductions we need over the next 10 years. $130e plan that would cut billion more than the stillent's r
there were too much on defense. but that is what past. i think there is a strong feeling in congress that we have very corrosive of the integrity of congress to wall and now is a less than two years later, the -- to waltz in less than two years later and say, we're going forget up and when the going gets tough. we should look at this government, see how much more the defense department command all over time in reducing spending, and look for ways to find other savings in our government and stay...
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president obama nominates chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. the men charged with raping a young indian woman on a bus arrived in court where proceedings dissolved into chaos. and hitting a high note in south africa. we meet an unlikely star whose voice takes them from -- hollywood. across >> a combat soldier still -- still carries a treadmill in his chest. he will be the first wounded soldier to ever serve as secretary of defense. not everyone is happy with his nomination. >> this is the man president obama wants to lead the largest military force the world has ever known. a former soldier who knows the cost of war. >> he knows war is not an abstraction. he knows the sending young americans to fight and believe in the dark and muddy is something we only do when absolutely necessary. >> he is to be a republican senator, but he is a provocative thick. -- pick. >> i will do my best for my country and those i represent at the pentagon and for all of my citizens. i will always give you my honest and most informed counsel. >> he served in vietnam tw
president obama nominates chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. the men charged with raping a young indian woman on a bus arrived in court where proceedings dissolved into chaos. and hitting a high note in south africa. we meet an unlikely star whose voice takes them from -- hollywood. across >> a combat soldier still -- still carries a treadmill in his chest. he will be the first wounded soldier to ever serve as secretary of defense. not everyone is happy with his nomination. >>...
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defense secretary in four years. and his final stop on a week-long visit to southeast asia. he talk e held talks on friday. he stressed america's commitment to negotiations on a new military agreement between the two countries which began earlier this month. >> this progress is welcomed and encouraging. i noted that our negotiating teams are working hard to finish the framework agreement in the near future. >> reporter: the agreement would fit well with the obama administration's policy of placing greater strategic importance on the asia-pacific region. the so-called comes as chinese influence is also spreading. tensions are rising in the south china sea where several countries including china, the philippines and vietnam have overlapping claims to sovereignty. the united states hopes to keep china in check by increasing its military relationship with the philippines. the allies are discussing proposed joint use of philippine military bases and the presence of u.s. military aircraft and ships in the southeast asian nation. but among the general public, voices of opposition a
defense secretary in four years. and his final stop on a week-long visit to southeast asia. he talk e held talks on friday. he stressed america's commitment to negotiations on a new military agreement between the two countries which began earlier this month. >> this progress is welcomed and encouraging. i noted that our negotiating teams are working hard to finish the framework agreement in the near future. >> reporter: the agreement would fit well with the obama administration's...
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defense secretary, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in coble. according to police, the blast killed nine people and injured 14 others hagel was a safe distance away and he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> it's like we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> hagel, who is a vietnam vet says he's in afghanistan to think the truth. >> thanks for your service, guys. >> the airborne division and awarded two purple hearts. he also answered soldier's questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to make sure the funding is there and the commitments we made to you are fulfilled. >> hagel wants to get a better understanding of the progress the u.s. is making in the war. >> we are going to continue to work with the afghans and our coalition partners to fight that war and to assure that the afghan people have every ability and right to develop their own country their own way in a democracy. >> a taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for saturday'
defense secretary, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in coble. according to police, the blast killed nine people and injured 14 others hagel was a safe distance away and he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> it's like we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> hagel, who is a vietnam vet says he's in afghanistan to think the truth. >> thanks for your service, guys. >> the...
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particularly with the new secretary of state and new secretary of defense and pros are coming in. they want to show they can have a quick success. they will not negotiate with north korea at the moment so they will try with iran. i am very worried their desire to have a negotiation will cause them to make the kinds of concessions that iran wants and to get that legitimacy as they continue to support the assad regime and syria to support terrorists around the region and continue to make progress toward that objective. >> eric: negotiations in two weeks, do you expect anything coming from that? >> no, i think it's more than a exercise. they are going to continue ahead absent some indication from the governmental of israel that they are prepared to use military force. we'll have to see what happens. >> eric: ambassador bolton, always good to see you. >> jamie: another potential hiccup in the process to could confirm chuck hagel at defense secretary. new comments coming to light that are raising eyebrows in washington when chris wallace joins us next. >> eric: new details about a mist
particularly with the new secretary of state and new secretary of defense and pros are coming in. they want to show they can have a quick success. they will not negotiate with north korea at the moment so they will try with iran. i am very worried their desire to have a negotiation will cause them to make the kinds of concessions that iran wants and to get that legitimacy as they continue to support the assad regime and syria to support terrorists around the region and continue to make progress...
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that is defense secretary panetta's message. both men agree that the more than decade-long war has been costly. >> we have sacrificed together. that has created a bond that will not be broken in the future. >> u.s. troops are expected to leave afghanistan by the end of next year. today's meeting comes one day before karzai meeting with president obama at the white house. >> metro is looking at its security, specifically on buses. in the wake of a shooting incident last december that left a young mother dead and her daughter wounded. brown was shot to death while she was boarding a bus. her 23-month-old daughter was shot in the face but survived. authorities say the child's father later killed himself. police say that they caught the man who stole two police cruisers last month. they are both charged with grand larcenyny. the cruisers were stolen within days of each other. a missing shotgun and mobile computer remains unaccounted for. >> the coast guard is holding hearings to investigate the sinking of a tall ship during hurrican
that is defense secretary panetta's message. both men agree that the more than decade-long war has been costly. >> we have sacrificed together. that has created a bond that will not be broken in the future. >> u.s. troops are expected to leave afghanistan by the end of next year. today's meeting comes one day before karzai meeting with president obama at the white house. >> metro is looking at its security, specifically on buses. in the wake of a shooting incident last...
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the deputy ofy defense. todaym what i have heard in testimony we have talked ends of your department. we have the ways and means committee. serious mismatch between our ends and our ways and means? are we seeing that's? if there is, what is your analysis of what we need to do to airline those in ways? thank you for your earlier comments. in that question, i think you have really define the purpose of the review. down to yours come question. is there a match match? is there a disconnect? the expectations of our offense -- ends, is that distorted light from the beginning the way we're going to provide resources? that is very much the intent aside from the budget issues and prioritized and prior t researches. really gets to the ways and means. what do i expect to come out of this review? i do not see what we're going to do. i did not ask because i had the answer. i ask because i did not have the answers. i do not know what the answers are going to be here. i know enough about this business or any business that
the deputy ofy defense. todaym what i have heard in testimony we have talked ends of your department. we have the ways and means committee. serious mismatch between our ends and our ways and means? are we seeing that's? if there is, what is your analysis of what we need to do to airline those in ways? thank you for your earlier comments. in that question, i think you have really define the purpose of the review. down to yours come question. is there a match match? is there a disconnect? the...
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they happened after newly appointed defense secretary chuck hagel arrived to visit troops. hagel wasn't injured but heard the bombs going off. hours after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as secretary of defense, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in kabul killing at least 9 people and injuring 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away and says he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> we're in a war zone. i been in war. you know, so shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off or there's an explosion. >> reporter: hagel, who is a vietnam vet, says he is in afghanistan to thank the troops. he met with the 101st airborne division and awarded two purple hearts and answered soldiers' questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to assure that the funding is there and the commitments that we have made to you are fulfilled. >> reporter: on this trip, hagel says he wants to get a better understanding of the progress the us is making in the war. well, in the second bombing, afghan offic
they happened after newly appointed defense secretary chuck hagel arrived to visit troops. hagel wasn't injured but heard the bombs going off. hours after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as secretary of defense, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in kabul killing at least 9 people and injuring 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away and says he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> we're in a war zone. i been in war. you know, so...
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it's the secretary of defense and the deputy secretary defense. john and i each had the pleasure of working inside that box. not as a secretary but deputy. we can tell you there's downside to the arrangement. since the secretary chooses who gets what assignments, you can gets who debts -- gets to visit with foreign leaders and who gets to go to guantanamo. [laughter] having watched firsthand from the closest possible position inside the box with the secretary of defense, i can tell you the secretary hagel has one of the toughest jobs in the world. the job entails an extraordinary range of responsibility and demands a unique combination of personal qualities. when you consider secretary hagel's experience enachievement. his rÉsume reads like he's prepare forked the job for his entire life. his un-- he enlisted in the army and served two tours of duty as a squad leader in vietnam. earning two purple hearts. secretary hagel is a highly successful businessman who understands a financial and organizational complexity of the job. he's a former senator
it's the secretary of defense and the deputy secretary defense. john and i each had the pleasure of working inside that box. not as a secretary but deputy. we can tell you there's downside to the arrangement. since the secretary chooses who gets what assignments, you can gets who debts -- gets to visit with foreign leaders and who gets to go to guantanamo. [laughter] having watched firsthand from the closest possible position inside the box with the secretary of defense, i can tell you the...
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has to be on the table and they cut defense, when the defense only accounts for 18 percent of the savings, i think that a lot of comes out of defense, back to brac, back to benefits, all of those things need to be looked at. >> let me stop you one more time, because we're running out of time. i want to ask you, are you whistling past the graveyard on budget proposals? you would talk to talk further about the cap, the ryan plan is $70 billion above the bap. >> for defense. but the front line is the sequestration number. >> but you have to deal with the senate in this, and we were here last year, in the same place. i'm wondering -- >> when you say cad what -- cap, what do you mean? >> the budget control act, the law passed that set limits for how much defense can spend, congress and the president agreed to this, and these limits on spending are going to -- they're going to cause problems. budgets are being proposed that exceed those caps which could trigger across the board cuts that we just went through. >> the white house budget does not exceed the overall cap. we voted on the sequestrati
has to be on the table and they cut defense, when the defense only accounts for 18 percent of the savings, i think that a lot of comes out of defense, back to brac, back to benefits, all of those things need to be looked at. >> let me stop you one more time, because we're running out of time. i want to ask you, are you whistling past the graveyard on budget proposals? you would talk to talk further about the cap, the ryan plan is $70 billion above the bap. >> for defense. but the...
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they see as pulling back our defense spending. ony see as pulling back commitments, i will not as a commitment. we have not done that yet. we have pulled back. we had a big fight now could 2009 over missile defense. we lost that to the administration. they cut missile defense. now with korea's latest action, they released that. i was happy to see that. i thought we should have been moving forward back them could 2009. one of the things that bothers me is that the president has more knowledge than any of us. knows what a crucial stage we are in, not just korea. that is the one on the front page, but iran has not stopped. and they keep moving. the whole middle east. china is increasing their defense spending. syria. these are things that are happening all around the world. the president sent us up a $150t yesterday that cuts billion more out of defense over the next nine years. wehink that at some point need to be very careful. what's is the breaking point/ when are we taking too much risk? up until a year ago we have had a strategy
they see as pulling back our defense spending. ony see as pulling back commitments, i will not as a commitment. we have not done that yet. we have pulled back. we had a big fight now could 2009 over missile defense. we lost that to the administration. they cut missile defense. now with korea's latest action, they released that. i was happy to see that. i thought we should have been moving forward back them could 2009. one of the things that bothers me is that the president has more knowledge...
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the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another dimension here and that is what are democratic senators really thinking about the hagel nomination? i understand some of them have actually called the white house and said is hagel going to withdraw? would he consider withdrawing? the answer is an emphatic no but member johner erlicmman nixon's aide used to talk about twisting slowly in the wind and the factor here is time. and there is this twisting in the wind aura to all of this and i wonder whether the democrats are kind of looking and asking what really is the fundamental question here, is he the best person to be secretary of defense? >> chris: we have
the defense secretary ones. that he never called anybody in libya. and are you also surprised i'm not saying i'm -- i must say i'm astonished at the idea national administration has refused to give congress the fbi interviews with the survivors of benghazi. >> those are good questions. there are always unanswered questions in something like this but the hagel confirmation is not the forum to get that kind of information. i think there is another dimension here and that is what are...
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a former cyst assistant of defense, thank you for joining us. we are looking for your perspective here, because what would you say to those -- what do you say to those that argue that the belt tightening will hurt the u.s. military's ability to fight and win future wars? >> i think they are way overreacting. as your chart pointed out, the billion-war and projected increases and if you have the 500 billion over years, you will bring the defense spending where it was. you have plenty of money. and sequester is dumb, you have to cut everything equally, and $500 billion, that's exclusive of the war, and you have to add another $100 billion continuing the wars in afghanistan, and that's more than we spent even controlling the inflation during the cold war. >> so it cost about $1 billion for the strike, and what if it's more than a billion dollars and cruise missiles, and it turns into something bigger? >> you get a war funding budget. i think the best model probably is the first gulf war. you may remember in the first persian gulf war in 1991, we fir
a former cyst assistant of defense, thank you for joining us. we are looking for your perspective here, because what would you say to those -- what do you say to those that argue that the belt tightening will hurt the u.s. military's ability to fight and win future wars? >> i think they are way overreacting. as your chart pointed out, the billion-war and projected increases and if you have the 500 billion over years, you will bring the defense spending where it was. you have plenty of...
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you've seen recently the pentagon and the defense department, the defense department had been having this big fight over military sexual assault, and there was a report out this week that more than 85,000 veterans actually sought assistance from the v.a. with regards to claims related to sex crimes that they encountered or faced during the military. what do you think needs to be done there, and do you think the claims process is streamlined enough? i think there's legislation with how much of a burden of proof needs to be. >> i'm sympathetic to that. we have a new relate at in life, and that is that women are playing a more and more significant role in the defense of our country. that has to be addressed. and we also, no great secret here, we have seen abuse after abuse. this is unacceptable. it's an embarrassment for our country. we have got to do within the d.o.d. everything that we can to hold those people responsible for abusing women. we're not laying down the line that that is not acceptable behavior, and we have seen that. and then within the veterans administration, we have g
you've seen recently the pentagon and the defense department, the defense department had been having this big fight over military sexual assault, and there was a report out this week that more than 85,000 veterans actually sought assistance from the v.a. with regards to claims related to sex crimes that they encountered or faced during the military. what do you think needs to be done there, and do you think the claims process is streamlined enough? i think there's legislation with how much of a...
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non-commissioned officer ever to be secretary of defense i think that's also a very powerful message. and the republicans actually see him as a republican well some republicans do. let me remind you of president ronald reagan who began his career as a democrat and wound up as a what we call that the time a conservative republican president and reagan always so. that he had not changed his views but that his party the democratic party had left him. i think hagel is in a similar position higgle is what for most of my life people all thought of as a republican it's only in the last ten or fifteen years that the republican party has shifted his view. away from. natural position and so i would say today probably most republicans don't see hagel as a republican but there are still some who do and the previous defense minister if i could say that he was talking about not reducing presence in the middle east yet expanding presence in asia that hagel doesn't seem to be i'm not sure it's completely different i mean as you know from your broad experience here in washington all of the messages ha
non-commissioned officer ever to be secretary of defense i think that's also a very powerful message. and the republicans actually see him as a republican well some republicans do. let me remind you of president ronald reagan who began his career as a democrat and wound up as a what we call that the time a conservative republican president and reagan always so. that he had not changed his views but that his party the democratic party had left him. i think hagel is in a similar position higgle...
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this is a time that the men will of the department of defense the is secretary of defense command i would urge our strong support of senator chuck hagel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. , believe that senator hagel as far as i can determine has complied with the requirements for her the parameters for the information that needs to be disclosed to this committee. i am somewhat disturbed to hear that today there are two more speeches that he had not reported that may be just surfaced faugh. and at the same time i believe he has complied. i do not believe that we should move forward with this nomination until questions are answered that senator gramm and senator -- and i have asked to be answered. and i for the first time in my political career find myself in agreement with mr. robert kids who stated on sunday television show that it was the performance of senator hagel before the senate armed service committee was the most unimpressive and unfocused that i have ever observed. i agree with them. the lost an impressive performance i have seen in watching many nominees came before the committee fo
this is a time that the men will of the department of defense the is secretary of defense command i would urge our strong support of senator chuck hagel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. , believe that senator hagel as far as i can determine has complied with the requirements for her the parameters for the information that needs to be disclosed to this committee. i am somewhat disturbed to hear that today there are two more speeches that he had not reported that may be just surfaced faugh. and...
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of course being secretary of defense is not a small job. but i don't think that there will be extra pressure on him as opposed to other secretaries of defense i think there is a lot of resistance to his nomination because there may be agreement between obama and and hable that doesn't mean that there's agreement between obama and senator mcconnell or other important leaders tell me more about this i mean if there is well i mean in the first place we have. in the united states a two party democracy and so the president is of the democratic party but part of the congress is controlled by the republican party the house of representatives and the senate is not controlled by the republican party but the republican party has often blocking power. in the senate. there are also many many other interests there are business interests there are military interests there are. social interests all of them looking for. budgetary support all of them looking for a publisher they all of them fighting each other for attention. and they look at every nominatio
of course being secretary of defense is not a small job. but i don't think that there will be extra pressure on him as opposed to other secretaries of defense i think there is a lot of resistance to his nomination because there may be agreement between obama and and hable that doesn't mean that there's agreement between obama and senator mcconnell or other important leaders tell me more about this i mean if there is well i mean in the first place we have. in the united states a two party...
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of course being secretary of defense is not a small job. but i don't think that there will be extra pressure on him as opposed to other secretaries of defense i think there is a lot of resistance to his nomination was there may be agreement between obama and and hable that doesn't mean that there's agreement between obama and senator mcconnell or other important leaders tell me more about this i mean if there is well i mean in the first place we have. in the united states a two party democracy and so the president is of the democratic party but part of the congress is controlled by the republican party the house of representatives and the senate is not controlled by the republican party but the republican party has often blocking power. in the senate. there are also many many other interests there are business interests there are military interests there are. social interests all of them looking for. budgetary support all of them looking for a publisher they all of them fighting each other for attention. and they look at every nomination th
of course being secretary of defense is not a small job. but i don't think that there will be extra pressure on him as opposed to other secretaries of defense i think there is a lot of resistance to his nomination was there may be agreement between obama and and hable that doesn't mean that there's agreement between obama and senator mcconnell or other important leaders tell me more about this i mean if there is well i mean in the first place we have. in the united states a two party democracy...
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defense secretary. now he might be wishing the delay had lasted longer. >> that is a direct question. >> republican senators held up this nomination saying he was too soft on iran, to willing to get rid of the u.s. nuclear weapons arsenal, and too tough on israel. >> he is obviously not qualified for the job. he holds dangerously misguided views. >> chuck hagel? the president's strategy for ending the war in afghanistan by the end of 2014. a bigger war over money is waiting for him when he starts work. tens of billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts are set to go into effect on friday if congress does not stop them. >> for the sake of national security -- in three days, across-the-board cuts are scheduled to take effect. pentagon needs a seasoned leader to implement the cuts. >> $46 billion in cuts to military spending over the next seven months. hundreds of thousands of civilians could temporarily lose their jobs. the pentagon says it needs chuck hagel as soon as possible. >> this is a ridiculous
defense secretary. now he might be wishing the delay had lasted longer. >> that is a direct question. >> republican senators held up this nomination saying he was too soft on iran, to willing to get rid of the u.s. nuclear weapons arsenal, and too tough on israel. >> he is obviously not qualified for the job. he holds dangerously misguided views. >> chuck hagel? the president's strategy for ending the war in afghanistan by the end of 2014. a bigger war over money is...
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to the country as defense secretary. officials say he was nowhere near the explosion. >> heather: 21 u.n. peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels have now been released. they initially seized the peacekeepers in order to force the government into a cease-fire >> gregg: don't forget you are losing an hour of sleep tonight. we are sprig go forward into daylight savings time giving us one more hour of sunlight. you should set your clocks ahead at 2:00 a.m. if you want to jump the gun by midnight. >> heather: instead of waking up at 2:00 a.m. to do it. >>> big changes to the nation's healthcare system and could mean new headaches for doctors and also for patients filing for reimbursement after receiving treatment. mark siegle takes a closer look. >> welcome to the new world where obamacare is being put to the test. top surgeon bill myers helps muscle injuries to the n.f.l. and high school athletes often without insurance reimbursement. these injuries are correspond and often require expensive surgery because physical the
to the country as defense secretary. officials say he was nowhere near the explosion. >> heather: 21 u.n. peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels have now been released. they initially seized the peacekeepers in order to force the government into a cease-fire >> gregg: don't forget you are losing an hour of sleep tonight. we are sprig go forward into daylight savings time giving us one more hour of sunlight. you should set your clocks ahead at 2:00 a.m. if you want to jump the...
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>>> welcome to this week in defense news. canada and the united states have agreed to greater cooperation in the pacific. we will talk to the chief of canada's armed forces. first, what the deal to freeze iran's nuclear program means for international security. the six-month deal with iran brokered by the five u.n. security council members aims to cripple economic sanctions. they counter the talks are the only way to halt an iran that is months away from getting the bomb. joining us matt kranig a former dod advisor. welcome to the program. matt, let me start with you. is it a good deal? >> for years iran's nuclear program has been advancing getting closer to the nuclear weapons breakout capability. this freezes their program in place. that's a good thing. critics point out it leaves far too much of iran's nuclear program in place for comfort and that's true. so over the next six months is what we are going to do is negotiate a more comprehensive deal with iran that would have the effect of rolling that progress back. in short
>>> welcome to this week in defense news. canada and the united states have agreed to greater cooperation in the pacific. we will talk to the chief of canada's armed forces. first, what the deal to freeze iran's nuclear program means for international security. the six-month deal with iran brokered by the five u.n. security council members aims to cripple economic sanctions. they counter the talks are the only way to halt an iran that is months away from getting the bomb. joining us...
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they targeted the defense ministry in kabul. the bombers circled toward the building and got to within 30 meters of the main entrance without being checked. the bomb struck a group of employees on their way to work, killing nine. >> i was really close by when the bomb exploded. i threw myself on the ground. i did not know what was happening. soldiers were firing into the air. i saw many wounded and dead people near the gates of the ministry. >> the taliban have claimed responsibility, saying they had planned the attacks as a message to hagel. he was in a military briefing in another part of the city when the explosions occurred. >> there's been massive violence in cairo following a court confirmation of the death sentences of soccer fans for a deadly riot last year. stormed soccer federation headquarters and set it on fire. the violence saw the court's acquittal of most of the police officers on trial. more than 70 people were killed in the incident that took place in february 2012. the man hugoo, chavez chose as his successor,
they targeted the defense ministry in kabul. the bombers circled toward the building and got to within 30 meters of the main entrance without being checked. the bomb struck a group of employees on their way to work, killing nine. >> i was really close by when the bomb exploded. i threw myself on the ground. i did not know what was happening. soldiers were firing into the air. i saw many wounded and dead people near the gates of the ministry. >> the taliban have claimed...
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. >> hagel for defense chief. >> the real job for defense secretary coming up. >> this budget battle. >> is going to be budget cutting. >> the defense department will go through a major budget. >> the defense budget is really bloated. >> it needs to be taken down. >> why not have a republican make that argument? >> it could be a tough confirmation battle. >> the fight for chuck hagel now is in full throttle. >> chuck hagel is out of the main stream. >> out of the main stream. >> republicans are spoiling for a fight. >> we have everybody fanning out their turkey feathers, strutting around the barn yard like they have something to say about it. >> hagel was a thorn when he turned against the iraq war. >> republicans don't consider him a republican. >> chuck hagel has left the republican party. >> he has long cut his ties with the republican party. >> when he endorsed president obama in 2008. >> democrats don't accept him as an alternative choice. >> hagel appears to be a man without a party. >> is chuck hagel the right choice for secretary of defense? it is certainly not the most easy o
. >> hagel for defense chief. >> the real job for defense secretary coming up. >> this budget battle. >> is going to be budget cutting. >> the defense department will go through a major budget. >> the defense budget is really bloated. >> it needs to be taken down. >> why not have a republican make that argument? >> it could be a tough confirmation battle. >> the fight for chuck hagel now is in full throttle. >> chuck hagel is out...
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defense toward the state of israel in our nation's history. not only has he said you should directly negotiate with iran sanctions won't work that it is negotiating hamas which is an organization terrorist group that lobbed thousands of rockettes into israel. >> his defenders point to his two purple hearts in vietnam. >> chuck hague elt is a tremendous patriot served incred before i in vietnam and served as a senator. he hasn't had a chance to speak for himself. so why all of the prejudging? i don't know. the senate rejected 9 cabinet nominations since 1834. the last was john towers the nominee for secretary of defense in 1989. back to you in new york. >> you know it's going to be a busy day if jennifer is up that early. >>> you might see the issue of raising taxes is over but house minority leader nancy pelosi saying not just yet. >>> another economic threat the debt ceiling law americas have to figure out how to curve spending and bring in more residents. what's the solution? listen to this? nancy pelosi is saying another round of tax increa
defense toward the state of israel in our nation's history. not only has he said you should directly negotiate with iran sanctions won't work that it is negotiating hamas which is an organization terrorist group that lobbed thousands of rockettes into israel. >> his defenders point to his two purple hearts in vietnam. >> chuck hague elt is a tremendous patriot served incred before i in vietnam and served as a senator. he hasn't had a chance to speak for himself. so why all of the...
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the secretary of defense chuck hagelle should have said get it done. he's the one who's at the top of the food chain and broke the sacred trust with the families. the military families weren't pawns to be played with by this administration to make political points. that's what happened in this situation. chuck hagel needs to look in the mirror and say, did i do any job as secretary of defense and as the guardian of the trust with the military families and the american people, did i do my job? i would look him in the eye and say, sir, you did not do your job. you did not do what you were supposed to do as secretary of defense. the president of the united states could have fixed it nine days ago when they first found out about it. he used the military families as pawns. it's embarrassing and despicable to do this. now the military doesn't trust the civilian leadership. >> ken fisher of the fisher house steps in and says, i'm going to step in and help the families until congress and the white house and everybody can get their act together. you guys in the
the secretary of defense chuck hagelle should have said get it done. he's the one who's at the top of the food chain and broke the sacred trust with the families. the military families weren't pawns to be played with by this administration to make political points. that's what happened in this situation. chuck hagel needs to look in the mirror and say, did i do any job as secretary of defense and as the guardian of the trust with the military families and the american people, did i do my job? i...
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are we really better off when we say no defense is a good defense? >> chris: i want to put up an ad that gun control advocates have started running against new democratic senator heidi hei dcamp of north dakota when she said some of the president's ideas about gun control are extreme. will that work. can ms. tanden and their allies and they have suggested they can drive a wedge between people like you, the heads of the nra and some of their members who may not be as hardline as you guys are on gun controls? >> i think the senator from north dakota is reflecting the views of the people that sent her to washington. so i don't think there is much room to drive any wedge. i think she is representing them rather faithfully and i think it is noteworthy that a democrat who would be under a lot of pressure within their are caucus to take a gun control point of view is not having anything other. >> that s not true. heidi heidcamp has heard from both sides of the issue and now said she is open to discussion of the issues. i think the challenge here for the lea
are we really better off when we say no defense is a good defense? >> chris: i want to put up an ad that gun control advocates have started running against new democratic senator heidi hei dcamp of north dakota when she said some of the president's ideas about gun control are extreme. will that work. can ms. tanden and their allies and they have suggested they can drive a wedge between people like you, the heads of the nra and some of their members who may not be as hardline as you guys...
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meantime, the current defense secretary leon panetta is making history on the way out the door. joining me now, retired u.s. army general stanley mcchrystal is the former commander in afghanistan. and former cia director and retired u.s. air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title this morning. i want to start out with chuck hagel because he's what's top on the minds of the pentagon. from what you know of chuck hagel, and he would be the first enlisted man ever to run the pentagon. the first vietnam vet, from what you know, what sort of reception would he get from the military? >> i think it would be fine. i know senator hagel, he was on my oversight committee when i was in the intelligence community. he was a member, and this is not a universal condition, he was a member that you could talk to, have an honest dialogue, not necessarily disagree. you can always speak with him and frankly given my time in uniform, that's a tremendous attribute. i actually think this will work out well. >> you wrote in your book, about the trust deficit that happens
meantime, the current defense secretary leon panetta is making history on the way out the door. joining me now, retired u.s. army general stanley mcchrystal is the former commander in afghanistan. and former cia director and retired u.s. air force general michael hayden. i'm the only one without a military title this morning. i want to start out with chuck hagel because he's what's top on the minds of the pentagon. from what you know of chuck hagel, and he would be the first enlisted man ever...
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defense secretary chuck hagel is in town and due to have talks with counterparts about that very issue. at the moment south korea is due to take operational control from 2015 but many feel it doesn't yet have the capacity to lead such a war and it wants to delay that process, so that will be the major part of chuck hagel's talks on wednesday. >> reporter: a new team of chemical weapons experts are due to start work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are to cow late a list of syria stockpile to be destroyed and experts left the capitol damascus after completing the second mission in two months and looking into several alleged chemical attacks. 2 million people fled syria according to the united nations but not just the neighbors are feeling the pressure, refugees make the journey by boat across the medeterrian and sicilly is where they end up. >> reporter: they travel across the desert to libya and then paid $2000 each to get on to a small boat to europe. they were rescued by the italian coast guard after three days
defense secretary chuck hagel is in town and due to have talks with counterparts about that very issue. at the moment south korea is due to take operational control from 2015 but many feel it doesn't yet have the capacity to lead such a war and it wants to delay that process, so that will be the major part of chuck hagel's talks on wednesday. >> reporter: a new team of chemical weapons experts are due to start work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization for the...
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senate and the house, looking for in the next secretary of defense. do you think that chuck hagel meets your criteria, obviously at the present time you do not. >> i believe that the president has every right to nominate the people he believes can carry out his plans, but i worry about the vision that president obama has for our department of defense if he thinks that chuck hagel is the best leader for our armed forces. i think that there are more qualified individuals, folks who really know the difference between dictators and folks who are on our side. israel is our ally. i think that chuck hagel has a difficult time understanding that israel is our ally and understanding that iran wants to destroy israel and wants to destroy the united states. i think a clear vision of our adversaries and our allies is essential for a nominee for the department of defense. i don't think chuck hagel has that vision. but let's see, it's up to our senators and i hope that they judge him not on whether he's a great guy and get along with him in the u.s. senate, but whe
senate and the house, looking for in the next secretary of defense. do you think that chuck hagel meets your criteria, obviously at the present time you do not. >> i believe that the president has every right to nominate the people he believes can carry out his plans, but i worry about the vision that president obama has for our department of defense if he thinks that chuck hagel is the best leader for our armed forces. i think that there are more qualified individuals, folks who really...
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republicans made history this week blocking a nominee for defense secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee, former senator chuck hagel, and about the benghazi terror attack. joining me now, one of the senators leading the charge, republican lindsay graham, of south carolina. senator, you were telling me just before we went on the air that you just got new information about chuck hagel. what is it? >> well, on the day of the vote, there was a blog posting about a speech i think in 2007 or 2008 he made at rutgers university and the blogger was a supporter of senator hagel and put on his blog, 6 points of the speech, question-and-answer session and point 6 was allegedly senator hagel said that the u.s. state department was an adjunct of the israeli foreign minister's office, which i think would be breath taking if he said that, had such a view and i got a letter back from senator hagel, in response to my question, did you say that and do you believe that, and, the letter says he did not recall saying that and disavowed that statement. >> c
republicans made history this week blocking a nominee for defense secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee, former senator chuck hagel, and about the benghazi terror attack. joining me now, one of the senators leading the charge, republican lindsay graham, of south carolina. senator, you were telling me just before we went on the air that you just got new information about chuck hagel. what is it? >> well, on the day of the vote, there was a...
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when we look at what's going on here with the information sharing between the department of defense the government and others private corporations i think it raises significant concerns over whether the issue of defense is actually defending us or weakening us i mean we see recently the three largest papers in the united states washington post new york times wall street journal all had major scandals over the issue of cyber security now if they're sharing information with the government i think that raises a potential question well what about journalist e-mails and things of that nature will that have a chilling effect on whistleblowers in the government and so i think we have to ask ourselves is generalize obviously generalized cybersecurity defense is important but ultimately is the way the obama administration is approaching it expanding department of defense type programs and not having safeguards that are very well explained to the people regarding civil liberties in place is that something that actually decreases our security by for example having a chilling effect on whistleblowe
when we look at what's going on here with the information sharing between the department of defense the government and others private corporations i think it raises significant concerns over whether the issue of defense is actually defending us or weakening us i mean we see recently the three largest papers in the united states washington post new york times wall street journal all had major scandals over the issue of cyber security now if they're sharing information with the government i think...
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strong defense traditional values and very important in our time the mediating institutions. we have to have the notion that the other institutions family, churches, schools, community groups matter the little platoons we talk about. also the party of the constitution. remember and remind people we are a party of the constitution. we are a people of the constitution. and the declaration of independence. i am optimistic we can win the country back. >> if we are freedom, limited government, balanced budget and they speak out against generational theft to me those are winning issues. it seems to be reluctance in charging and making that case. why the reluctance among them? >> i think there's a sense of unhappiness and a sense of some people of despair there's a sense of decline. i think the president has helped create that sense of decline. they said there have been worse times our job is to teach, to remind people about their best instincts. we have been there before we can get back there again. also the obama administration is going to have its way on a lot of things. they put
strong defense traditional values and very important in our time the mediating institutions. we have to have the notion that the other institutions family, churches, schools, community groups matter the little platoons we talk about. also the party of the constitution. remember and remind people we are a party of the constitution. we are a people of the constitution. and the declaration of independence. i am optimistic we can win the country back. >> if we are freedom, limited government,...
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the secretary of defense and deputy secretary of defense. john amory and i each have the pleasure of working inside that box, not as the secretary but as the deputy. we can both tell you there are downsides to this arrangement. since the secretary chooses who gets what assignments, you can guess who gets to visit with foreign leaders and who gets to go to guantÁnamo. having watched firsthand from the closest possible position inside the box with the secretary of defense, i can tell you secretary hagel has one of the toughest jobs in the world. the job entails an extraordinary range of responsibilities and demands a unique combination of personal qualities. when you consider his experience and achievements, his resume reads like he has prepared for the job his entire life. his patriotism is unquestioned. even though he could have gone off to college, he instead enlisted in the army and served two tours of duty as a squad leader in vietnam, earning two purple hearts for being wounded in combat. secretary hagel is a highly successful businessm
the secretary of defense and deputy secretary of defense. john amory and i each have the pleasure of working inside that box, not as the secretary but as the deputy. we can both tell you there are downsides to this arrangement. since the secretary chooses who gets what assignments, you can guess who gets to visit with foreign leaders and who gets to go to guantÁnamo. having watched firsthand from the closest possible position inside the box with the secretary of defense, i can tell you...
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chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense, would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of israel in our nation's history. not only has he said you should directly negotiate with iran, sanctions won't work, that israel must negotiate with hamas, an organization, terrorist group that lobs thousands of rockets into israel. he also was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the european union trying to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization. he has long severed his ties with the republican party. this is an in your face nomination by the president to all of us who are supportive of israel. i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon, little, if any, so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice, and it looks like the second term of president obama is going to be an in-your-face term. i'm not going to talk to you at all about the about ceiling and here's my secretary of defense nominee that will get a lot of bipartisan concern. >> well, let me ask you. he is the president. he did win. you say all the time.
chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense, would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of israel in our nation's history. not only has he said you should directly negotiate with iran, sanctions won't work, that israel must negotiate with hamas, an organization, terrorist group that lobs thousands of rockets into israel. he also was one of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter to the european union trying to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization....
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there's a cancelled news conference between the president and defense secretary chuck hagel in kabul, authorities claiming security concerns, but it all comes on the heels of shocking comments by the afghan leader. karzai who has a history of controversial remarks now claims the u.s. working with the taliban in his view to prove that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace in afghanistan. it's an allegation that u.s. officials this morning are fiercely denying. good morning on this sunday morning. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. it will be a great morning here. great to see you. >> you, too, jamie. >> president karzai claims yesterday's deadly homicide bombing, well, that is prove u.s. forces are working with terrorists to convince civilians that violence will increase when troops leave. that's scheduled to happen next year, of course, and peter doocy is following this live from washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. afghan president had hamid kari was describing the role of women in the milita
there's a cancelled news conference between the president and defense secretary chuck hagel in kabul, authorities claiming security concerns, but it all comes on the heels of shocking comments by the afghan leader. karzai who has a history of controversial remarks now claims the u.s. working with the taliban in his view to prove that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace in afghanistan. it's an allegation that u.s. officials this morning are fiercely denying. good morning...
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the defense budget has been paid for with the united states. so it seems to me whatever the figure is, whatever the figure is that you are talking about, that figure is in the 52 billion and you have to talk about then you have to find those savings to be used next year to pay for other cuts and now they have to be used as funds with normal funding for supplemental. >> i would be interested in discussing that. but the difficulty that we have with that on the sequester, it is a part and partial budget control act in 2011 and we have ways in turn raises the debt ceiling and we promised to reduce the growth of spending over 10 years and there was no tax increases in. we do have an agreement that would spread the cuts around. it includes tax increases if they chose. the law that was passed was a reduced spending and my part is 1 trillion as it turns out on how the cuts were to fall. that is what passed. so i think there is a strong feeling in congress that we have to be very corrosive of public integrity to waltz in and say less than two years late
the defense budget has been paid for with the united states. so it seems to me whatever the figure is, whatever the figure is that you are talking about, that figure is in the 52 billion and you have to talk about then you have to find those savings to be used next year to pay for other cuts and now they have to be used as funds with normal funding for supplemental. >> i would be interested in discussing that. but the difficulty that we have with that on the sequester, it is a part and...